Brought to you by the industry renowned Airliner World editorial team, Airliner Classics turns the clock back to bring you the aircraft, airlines, airports and personalities making aviation headlines in the classic years of aviation. Set over 100 high-quality pages, Airliner Classics features:
Lockheed Constellation
Arguably the most graceful passenger aircraft ever built, the Lockheed Constellation represented the ultimate in 1950s performance and luxury.
British Overseas Airways Corporation – BOAC
One of the more distinctive airlines of the 1950s and 1960s with its dark blue colours and ‘Speedbird’ insignia, BOAC was one of the constituents of today’s British Airways.
Croydon Aerodrome
Bob Bluffield traces some of the peacetime activities that have shaped Britain’s first commercial airport.
Airbus A300
Richard Maslen charts the development of the model that marked the arrival of Airbus in the commercial aviation market.
Sir Freddie Laker
The long and enterprising career of one of the pioneers of low-cost travel.
Fokker Factory
Gerry Manning visited the Dutch manufacturer at the height of its production in July 1970, with some interesting aircraft on the assembly line and ready for delivery.
and much more!
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By: rreis - 23rd December 2009 at 12:34
I hope it becomes a regular.
By: paulc - 18th December 2009 at 12:18
Thought the magazine was very good. What a great idea to apply the same style of presentation to some of the older classic aircraft – more of the same please.
By: UPDATES - 18th December 2009 at 09:37
Is this a one-off supplement or is it a regular magazine?
It is a one-off special magazine, although that is not to say that there won’t be more on the same theme in the future. For now though, this is the only one planned.
By: Moreorless - 17th December 2009 at 11:39
Is this a one-off supplement or is it a regular magazine?
By: britair1940 - 3rd December 2009 at 23:58
Minor Errors
Hi All
Have just bought Airliner Classics and on reading it I found the following errors.
The cover picture is of VC10 prototype G-ARTA which never entered BOAC service in fact it was modified to air line standard and went to MEA & BUA where it was damaged beyond economical repair in a heavy landing.
Page 36 .the photo of is of 2 DH84 Dragons not Rapides as captioned !
apart from the above I enjoyed the read and will keep the special for a long time.
Regards
Brian
By: Ren Frew - 2nd December 2009 at 00:58
Some nice nostalgia in there (especially the nose on taxiing picture of the MATS Constellation 😉 )
However, I was disappointed with the number of errors that immediately lept out at me without me having to do any research/checking:
* The picture of Sir Freddie Laker on the first page of the Laker history item has been printed back-to-front – check out the titles on the DC-10 behind him, and which side his jacket the breast pocket is
* Missed several aircraft from the Laker fleet list (missing at least 707s G-BFBS and G-BFBZ – at least one of which was in a photo printed in the magazine)
* Typo on the registrations of several of the Laker DC-10s (G-GGX. instead of G-BGX.), missed one of the Britannia registrations (hardly a difficult reg to find!)
* Iberia Constellation pic captioned as a 749 when it was a 1049
* BOAC Constellation pic captioned as a 749 when it was a 1049
So yes, nice effort (and thanks for using one of my pictures!), but a bit more attention to detail/proof reading would have been nice – happy to lend my proof reading services to the next issue!
Andy
Hi Andy,
Working in media production myself, the best advice I ever received was that it’s easy to knock something, as long as you know what they’re up against. I do however enjoy your opinions and perhaps you and ‘Key’ should get together to discuss…:D
By: Skymonster - 30th November 2009 at 16:38
Some nice nostalgia in there (especially the nose on taxiing picture of the MATS Constellation 😉 )
However, I was disappointed with the number of errors that immediately lept out at me without me having to do any research/checking:
* The picture of Sir Freddie Laker on the first page of the Laker history item has been printed back-to-front – check out the titles on the DC-10 behind him, and which side his jacket the breast pocket is
* Missed several aircraft from the Laker fleet list (missing at least 707s G-BFBS and G-BFBZ – at least one of which was in a photo printed in the magazine)
* Typo on the registrations of several of the Laker DC-10s (G-GGX. instead of G-BGX.), missed one of the Britannia registrations (hardly a difficult reg to find!)
* Iberia Constellation pic captioned as a 749 when it was a 1049
* BOAC Constellation pic captioned as a 749 when it was a 1049
So yes, nice effort (and thanks for using one of my pictures!), but a bit more attention to detail/proof reading would have been nice – happy to lend my proof reading services to the next issue!
Andy
By: Ren Frew - 30th November 2009 at 16:26
I have it, great read, do it again soon !
How about a follow up article charting the merger of BEA/BOAC and the early years of British Airways ?
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November 30, 2009 at 4:16 pm